All 100m participants clear doping tests

August 19, 2009 03:55 pm | Updated December 17, 2016 03:23 am IST - BERLIN

The IAAF has announced that there were no positive doping cases in the men’s 100 metres, the marquee event of the world championships.

Steeplechaser Jamal Chatbi of Morocco is the only positive athlete of the championships so far after more than 600 tests were analysed.

Usain Bolt won the men’s 100 in a world record time of 9.58 seconds, beating Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell.

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